Anaconda Plan

Why did the North Agree to the Anaconda Plan?

• It would free slaves

• It would end the North's dependency on Southern cotton

• It would hopefully end the war quickly

• It would keep France out of the war

What is the name of the General who proposed the Anaconda Plan?

• General Winfield Scott

• General Ulysses S Grant

• General Robert E Lee

• General Stonewall Jackson

Why did some Northerners not like this plan?

• It was too harsh

• I wasn't aggressive enough

• It would end the war too quickly

• It had too big of a chance of failing

What was the point of blockading southern ports?

• To Cripple the Confederate economy by ending the cotton trade

• To stop British ships from importing weapons

• To Capture the Capital City of Richmond

• To train the new US Navy

What did the south NOT do to try to beat the blockade?

• Build lighter faster ships called "Blockade Runners"

• Build Submarines

• Disguise Confederate ships to look like Union ships to sneak past

• Hope Britain would intervene

What city was NOT one directly involved in the blockade?

• Charleston

• Savannah

• New Orleans

• Atlanta

Why was the Mississippi River so important to the South?

• it was an economic highway carrying goods and produce

• It was a great source of drinking water

• It was a holy site for southern Methodists

• It was a territorial boundary between the North and South

If the Union took control of the river it would do all but what of the following?

• Cut the Confederacy in half

• Stop supplies of troops and supplies

• Hurt the shipping of cotton and therefore the economy

• Allow Runaways to more easily join the Union army

What 2 battles led the Union to take control of the River?

• Gettysburg and Vicksburg

• Antietam and Shiloh

• Shiloh and Vicksburg

• Antietam and gettysburg

Where was the first capital of the Confederacy?

• Richmond VA

• Atlanta GA

• Montgomery AL

• Jackson MS